Pie crimping and trimming device



sept@- 7 ,1926.4 Y1:.599;1129A M. H. HE'JGHTON A PIE GRIMPING AND TRIMMING DEVICE Filed Dec. 10l 1925 gmc/nto@ Patented Sept. 7, 1926. Y

MARIUS HERBERT HEIGHTON, or RAVENNA, omo.

PIE CRIMPLIG AND TRIMMING DEVICE.

Application led December 10, 1925. Serial'No. y#1,5272

This invention relates to pie crimping and trimming devices and has for an important object thereof the provision of a device for simultaneously crimping and ornamenting the edge of a piecrust andffor trimming the excess material therefrom.

A. further object of the invention is to produce a device of this character so constructed that the crimping and ornamenting element may be readily removed vand replaced, thus enabling theuse at all times of a seasonable ornamentation. l

.Other objects andadvantages will appear throughout the vcourse of the follovvingrdescri ation. Y V

lVy invention is illustrated in the'accompanying drawing, Wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pie crimp-v ing` and trimming device constructed in accordance with my invention; y Figure 2 is a plan view thereof; Y Figure 3 is a side elevation of a left hand knife removed; l

Figure 4 is a side elevation of a right hand knife removed.

lReferring now more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates a suitf able handle having mounted therein an arm:

11 offset from the f laxis of the handle, as at 12, and provided at its outer end with a pivotk opening 13. A second and oppositely offset arm 14 is detachably connected to the armv l1 adjacent the handle 10, as atl, and has at its outer end a pivot opening laligninn' withk the pivot opening 13 of the arm 11.

The arms are adapted to interchangeably receive 'therebetween rollers 17 a pivot shaft 18 affixed thereto and Y the ends of which engage in the openings 13 and 16 of the arms 11 and 1-/1 respectively. Each roller 17 has its side, face of substantially' onee formation, the re-entrant curve 1Sa of which has its face milled or otherwise ornamented While ther remaining surface is provided with occasional illustrations 19 suitablevto thefoccasion Vor period in which the nie. the crust of which isbei'na treated, will be employed. Several rollers 17 will be `provided andvinaybe readily'suhstitutedrone each having j for .the other. Secured to the outer face of the outer end of the arm 14:, as at 20, is a trimming knife 21, the shank of which is offset, as at 2:2, but the cutting edge thereof substantially coincides With the adjacent edge. of theroller 17 engaging the dough of the pie crust at a point immediately to the rear of. the vertical axis of the roller When in operation. This knife, in addition to trimming the excess dough from the pie crust forms a guide for the roller 17 during the use thereof.

lt will be obvious that the construction hereinbefore set forth is obviouslyv capable of acertaiu range of change and modification Without materially departing from the spirit of the invention and I accordingly do not limit myself to such4 specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

l claim 1. In a device for ornamenting pie crusts, a handle, a pair of arms carriedV by the handle and. having their outer ends spaced,

an yornamenting roller pivot/ed between the arms and a trimming knife secured to one of the arms and having its cuttingedge immediately adjacent the adjacent end of the roller, one of said arms being permanently attached to said handle, the other of the arms being detachably secured to the first named arm to thereby permit ready removal and replacement of the roller.

Q. ln a pie crust ornamentinr device, a handle and an arm affixed to theiandle and offset intermediate its ends away from the axis of the handle, a second armdetachably secured to the first named arm and oppositely offset therefrom' and having at its outer end a pivot receiving opening aligning with the opening of the first named arm and ornamcnting roller having a .projecting pivot shaft the ends of which are adapted for ,engagement in said opening.

3. An ornamenting roller for ornamenting the rim portions of pie crusts having its face of substantially ogee formation.

ln testimony whereof I hereunto aixiny signature. Y

MARUS HERBERT vHEIGHION. 

